Projects per year
Organization profile
The Soft Matter and Wetting group is a multidisciplinary research group consisting of physicists and chemists and aims at functional soft materials and surfaces. Many of the materials we work on are inspired by nature, such as extremely water-repellent superhydrophobic surfaces.
LIBER
The Soft Matter and Wetting group is member of Center of Excellence in Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials (LIBER), funded by Academy of Finland’s Center of Excellence Programme (2022-2029).
ERC Consolidator Grant
Professor Robin Ras has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The topic of this five-year project is "Superslippery Liquid-Repellent Surfaces".
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Ali Afzalifar
- Department of Applied Physics - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Soft Matter and Wetting - Postdoctoral Researcher
Person: Postdoctoral researchers
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Hedar Al-Terke
- Department of Applied Physics - Doctoral Researcher
- Soft Matter and Wetting - Doctoral Researcher
- School common, SCI
Person: Doctoral students, Doctoral studies
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Tommi Huhtamäki
- Department of Applied Physics - Doctoral Researcher
- Soft Matter and Wetting - Doctoral Researcher
Person: Doctoral students
Projects
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Center of Excellence in Life-inspired Hybrid Materials
Ras, R., Nurmi, H., Morais Jaques, Y., Junaid, M. & Zhou, S.
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2024
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
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Atomistic Simulations of Defects Production under Ion Irradiation in Epitaxial Graphene on SiC
Jain, M., Kretschmer, S., Höflich, K., Lopes, J. M. J. & Krasheninnikov, A. V., 28 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access -
Bright and Photostable Fluorescent Metal Nanocluster Supraparticles from Invert Emulsions
Zhou, S., Peng, B., Duan, Y., Liu, K., Ikkala, O. & Ras, R. H. A., 4 Oct 2022, In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 61, 40, 6 p., e202210808.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Bright and stable gold nanocluster assemblies by silica/zirconia double-shell encapsulation
Zhou, S., Duan, Y., Liu, K. & Ras, R. H. A., 14 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10, 27, p. 10001–10008 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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CCDC 1407241: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Beyeh, N. (Contributor), Puttreddy, R. (Contributor) & Rissanen, K. (Contributor), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre , 1 Jan 2016
DOI: 10.5517/cc1j7bwz, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/cc1j7bwz&sid=DataCite
Dataset
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CCDC 1450585: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Beyeh, N. (Creator), Puttreddy, R. (Contributor) & Rissanen, K. (Contributor), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre , 1 Jan 2016
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1kpg2s, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1kpg2s&sid=DataCite
Dataset
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CCDC 1543476: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Beyeh, N. (Creator), Götz, S. (Contributor), Groessl, M. (Contributor), Kalenius, E. (Contributor), Kiesilä, A. (Contributor), Kivijärvi, L. (Contributor), Lützen, A. (Contributor), Moilanen, J. O. (Contributor), Rissanen, K. (Contributor), Rothe, T. (Contributor) & Topić, F. (Contributor), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre , 1 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1nt3k4, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1nt3k4&sid=DataCite
Dataset
Prizes
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Anton Paar Research Award for Instrumental Analytics & Characterization
Ras, Robin (Recipient) & Zhou, Quan (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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ERC Consolidator Grant
Ras, Robin (Recipient), Jun 2017
Prize: Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
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IACIS Emerging Investigator Award
Wong, William (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Activities
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Superhydrophobic Lubrication: Gas–Liquid Bilayer Reduces the Friction Between Two Solids
Heikki Nurmi (Speaker)
3 Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation
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Popping Bubbles: Surface-Enhanced Foam Control
William Wong (Speaker)
Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited academic talk
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Scanning Droplet Adhesion Microscopy
Maja Vuckovac (Speaker)
Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation
Press / Media
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US Patent Issued to Aalto University Foundation sr on Nov. 15 for "Force sensing probe for surface wettability characterization" (Finnish Inventors)
Maja Vuckovac, Quan Zhou & Robin Ras
15/11/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Aalto University: Professor Matilda Backholm - Between The Micro And The Macro
18/10/2022
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Suomalaistutkijat kehittivät mullistavan vettä hylkivän panssaripinnan, josta yli 100 yritystä on kiinnostunut alle 2 vuodessa – Salaisuus pienissä pyramidikuopissa
Robin Ras, Laura Tiainen, Sami Franssila & Juuso Korhonen
13/07/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance